There were four standards for the bands on the bill at The Fox Theater in Boulder on Monday night: each band must have at least one member with an afro (or big hair, at least), each band must hail from somewhere on the western seaboard, each band must maintain a packed house and each band… Continue reading Blitzen Trapper & Dawes | Fox Theater | 11/7/11
Cheer Up! Robert Randolph and the Family Band are in town! The established pedal-steel player and his band came through Colorado in October, and made sure to add a tour stop at the beautiful Boulder Theater on October 21, 2011. The band is has built quite the reputation for high-energy, danceable, uplifting concerts during their… Continue reading Robert Randolph and the Family Band at the Boulder Theater
If you haven’t heard of Reptar yet, you will. This four-piece band brings together an extremely dance-able, experimental blend of electro-pop that is infectious and unexpected. They’ve hit the ground running (literally) with recent tours with Foster the People and Cults, but this go-round had Reptar opening for Phantogram in a sold-out show at the… Continue reading Getting Fizzy – Reptar at the Marquis Theater
Gill Landry performed the opening act at Hi-Dive on South Broadway in Denver, CO on October 17. Despite Landry’s claims to fame, as a former busker from New Orleans, LA and a member of the popular Old Crow Medicine Show, it is likely that you are unfamiliar with this singer-songwriter’s name. For all those who love… Continue reading Gill Landry: Bluegrass Noir at Hi-Dive
The Boulder Theater has been on a roll lately with their combination of a plethora of amazing and diverse shows. They have allowed the fans of Boulder to see so many different types of entertaining shows. This is what makes the venue the best indoor venue in Colorado. Amon Tobin is one of the well-known… Continue reading Amon Tobin’s Visual Music Dances Through Boulder
Hello old friend. It has been a while since we have seen each other and I feel a little awkward. Will you still accept me? I know I have changed since we have seen each other. You have stayed true to whom you were. Has it been a year? I am coupling my anxiety about… Continue reading YMSB & Infamous Stringdusters | The Higher Ground | 10/27/11
On October 30, I was one of the lucky ones to be in a sold out Sportpaleis for the concert of Lenny Kravitz. I don’t think he needs an introduction, right? This time, he visited Belgium with his Black and White Tour.The support act that night was Raphael Saadiq, an American singer, songwriter, and record… Continue reading Lenny Kravitz | Antwerp, Belgium | 10/30/2011
Halloween is a time when the spirits of the past come and dance on this physical plane. At Bell’s Brewery on Halloween weekend 2011, Strange Arrangement played like it was 1976. Sounds and strings were Strange and solid gold. The Route opener of the Strange set was the opposite of the perfectly clear sky drive… Continue reading Strange Arrangement | Bell's Brewery | 10/29/11 | Chicago, IL
How many successful Grateful Dead tribute projects have graced the music scene since the death of Mr. Jerry Garcia and the disbandment of the original 30-year “long strange trip”? Too many to bother keeping track of. The religious obsession that has continued to develop and flourish is due to an enormous number of factors. First… Continue reading The Motet Presents “Funk is Dead” | Live @ The Ogden Theater
Nothing says Halloween better than vampires. Except for Zombies maybe. Never mind the fact that it wasn’t actually Halloween, it was Saturday night, and that’s close enough for those of us with jobs that keep us from partying it up on a Monday night. Devotchka’s annual Halloween show always draws a crowd of the costumed… Continue reading DeVotchKa’s Vampires vs. Zombies Pre-Halloween Bash
